The cars can be upgraded with the WalthersMainline passenger car exterior detail kit (formed stainless steel grab irons and body-mounted coupler boxes with standard length swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover for operation on 22” radius and larger curves, $9.98) and the WalthersMainline passenger car LED interior lighting kit (light-emitting diode light bar; metal 41-N-11 trucks with turned-metal 36” wheels; and body-mounted coupler boxes with extended swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover, $29.98).
Cars in the series include a 56-seat large-window coach (based on New York Central cars 2900-2959); 10-roomette, 6-double-bedroom sleeper (NYC Valley series); diner (NYC 447-449 and 691-699); and baggage-lounge (Wabash 650). Paint schemes include
Amtrak (phase III); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; New York Central; Pennsylvania RR; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; and VIA Rail Canada. All body styles will also be available painted silver but unlettered.
The cars have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $34.98 each. For more information, visit the Walthers website, www.walthers.com. Check out the online gallery of the pre-production cars below.
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How do you remove the roof on these models?
I Find it odd that Walthers offers up a completely new design of passenger cars and don't offer them
as who originally had them. Example is the new baggage lounge not available in Wabash. I guess
buying it painted silver but unlettered would be the way to go. I hope they keep this new body style
offering up as to fill in a passenger train. I would hope they could do head end cars like a
heavyweight car maybe NYC 62 foot baggage car with 6 foot and 8 foot doors or a horse baggage
car.Those are the kind of cars I would definitely buy. Hello Walthers are you listening?
These cars look nice, but is there any word on other car types? I don't want to start putting a consist together only to find that I'm limited to 4 car types.